Zamora LJA

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Objective: To analyze the characteristics of the lesions associated to bull charges in public events in open spaces during a 10-year period (Huamantlada).
Setting: Second level health care General Hospital.
Design: Retrospective, observational study. Patients and methods: We reviewed the emergency reports from patients presenting lesions due to bullfight charges from 1993 to 2003. We excluded those patients with traumas due to other origins. Analyzed variables were: age, gender, associated addictions, types of lesions, installed treatment, and mortality.
Results: The study covered 223 patients, 209 (94%) were men and 14 (6%) were women; average age was 26.5 years (range, 12 to 73). Alcohol intoxication was present in 179 (80%), and drug intoxication was found in 11 (5%). During this period, 398 lesions were treated, the most frequent ones were: simple contusion in 150 (38%), blunt injuries in 141 (35%), penetrating wounds in 70 (18%), cranial trauma in 20 (5%), and fracture/dislocation of extremities in 17 (4%); 201 sutures and 13 major surgeries were performed. Five deaths (2.2%) occurred due to severe cranioencephalic trauma in two patients. Thoraco-abdominal penetrating wound with hypovolemic shock (1), peritonitis (1), and pachypleuritis (1) caused the other three deaths.
Conclusion: Lesions due to bull-charges in public events and open spaces involves a special group of patients, in which the desire for danger from bullfight cattle combines with alcohol and drug consumption. This type of events is not devoid of deadly consequences, 2% in this study; therefore, a strict regulation at the state and federal levels is required for these events, as well as the participation of a multidisciplinary medical team.

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